Re: Pirated XP, means-test everyone and every product with "income

From: Dan (spamyou_at_user.nec)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:48:51 -0700

Thanks Al. BTW, I have two hard drives and 98SE is on C: whereas XP Pro. is
on D:. Would it be okay to use a program like Partition Magic to split one
of the drives into two? Right now, I am using a modified boot.ini of the
Windows XP boot loader and what will happen to that if I install Linux on
another partition. Finally, should the partition be in Fat32 or NTFS.
Thanks for all of your help. I really appreciate it.

"Al Smith" <invalid@address.com> wrote in message
news:gIWJd.219258$Np3.9192060@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
: > As for dual/tri boot systems - I would never install something like
: > that. I just don't like the complications associated with it. if you are
: > going to use another OS, then I suggest that you get another machine -
: > even a P2/128MB of ram is a good start, a P3/256 would be fine.
:
: I had a tri-boot system. No problems at all. It's best to install
: each operating system on its own drive, and to install Linux last
: so that its boot manager comes up each time you boot the computer.
: It gives you the option to boot from any OS on the computer.

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